I watched it, I'm Catholic, I didn't see anything wrong with it, except that they could have done it all in 30 minutes.
My church is not without investigation, and its an interesting story.
What's wrong with it is that it is a settled fact of history that there never was a Pope Joan and that the whole thing was a complete myth.
The show treats it as if it were an open question when it isn't.
It's the liberal media using blatant misrepresentation to discredit an institution they don't like, and it's part of a strategy.
My church is not without investigation
There are plenty of legitimate historical and contemporary things to investigate the Church over, but this is complete hogwash.
It would like saying that George Bush needs serious investigation and, as a result, we are doing a hardhitting report into whether Bill Clinton did drugs when he was playing piano for Louis Armstrong in the 1920s.
I watched it too. It was interesting and your are right that it could have been done in 30 minutes. I think they missed the part that protestants promoted the myth to attack the catholic church.
As a Christian, I'd have to say that I'm less inclined to beleive the myth after seeing the show. However, talk of the Catholic Church's secret rooms and their ability to rewrite history leaves a slightly negative view of the church.
I think the show was really about the plight of women in earlier times more than about Pope Joan.